Racing greyhounds and Crufts

max · Enlightened One

Racing greyhounds and Crufts

Leolurcher · Master

Tricky one Nora. I'd be a bit worried about people getting the competitive breed showing "trying to win at all costs" addiction which tends to mean breeding to try and get a winner and beautiful as they are I am not over the moon about thinking of the grey population being expanded with litters of show pups that haven't made the grade being put on the pet market when rescue orgs have heaps of deserving ex racers looking for homes.
Once the show bug bites the temptation to breed seems almost irresistable and as far as bigger dogs go....few breeders have the space and money to guarantee that if a pup doesn't work out in a home it can be returned to the breeder. You only have to look at the free ads bits on the web to see rotties, gsds even staffies etc being offered cheap to new homes...usually around the terrible two year old stage. I am tempted to think that "Requiring a new home through no fault of its own " in some instances means.....I bought this dog and it behaves as young dog of its type tends to do but didn't fully understand what I was taking on. That is one of my reservations I have heaps more but that one is enough.
Lots of love
Eleanor xxxxxxx
PS JFI Someone with more grey knowledge than I have could probably point out the differences between show bred greys and most racers. To my shame the only difference that I can remember from days gone by is that the breed show greys tend to be bigger and I think that there tends to be a difference in the shape of the rib cage? biggrin

If I could remember all that I have forgotten I would be brilliant ashamed

. I can see my going to have to rumage around in the dust and cobwebs to unearth more old dog books. cry

-- Edited by Leolurcher at 09:08, 2007-06-27